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• George Orwell (noun)
  1. 1903-1950 imaginative British writer concerned with social justice
• Orwell, George
  1. (1903-1950) a British writer and journalist who wrote books about politics and who also wrote novels. His real name was Eric Blair. His books ANIMAL FARM and NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR are both about political systems in which ordinary people have no power, and are completely controlled by the government. Both novels have had a great influence on the way people think about and write about politics, and political systems like those described in the books are sometimes called Orwellian. Orwell fought on the Republican (= left wing) side in the Spanish Civil War.
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